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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Spring Bank, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring Bank and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Spring Bank:
- 40.923400, -77.483047
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Spring Bank
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Centre County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
- Since Spring Bank is near Clinton County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Spring Bank
Communities Also Named Spring Bank ...
We found three communities that are also named Spring Bank.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Spring Bank is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Miller County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Spring Bank [Miller County].
- Nebraska
- Dixon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Spring Bank [Dixon County].
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- This Spring Bank is located in Fairfax County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<3> to the south of the Spring Bank that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Spring Bank.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring Bank ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Beaverdam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beaverdam is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
- Cherry Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Run is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Farmers Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Farmers Mills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Green Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Locust Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Mingoville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mingoville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingoville
- Poe Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Poe Mills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe Mills
- Rockville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rockville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Spring Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfs Store
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfs Store is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Store
How Far From Spring Bank to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Spring Bank to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Spring Bank and extending to:
- Bellefonte, which is the Seat of Centre County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Spring Bank to Bellefonte, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 141 miles [226.9 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,830 miles [9,382.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,420 miles [7,113.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Spring Bank, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Spring Bank could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spring Bank) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <6> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Spring Bank to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spring Bank. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9234, Longitude: -77.4830 In this case, the coordinates for Spring Bank have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.015 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.896 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.109 degrees. |
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